After Stealing Hero's Mother, I Reincarnated in the Fantasy World!

Taking out a handmade lace handkerchief from her pocket, Evelyn carefully wiped his hands, which were bloody from the continuous encounter with the Boss's face.

"You should be more careful. A little more and you could hurt your hands."

"I'm not that fragile."

The bloodline of the Eternal Sky Dragon wouldn't allow his skin to be harmed by someone like them. And even if it did, wounds of this level, as long as they didn't carry deadly poison, posed no threat. There was no point in worrying about it.

'And yet, Evelyn is surprisingly calm in a situation like this. A woman who jumps up in fear at the mention of a cockroach just looks at this carnage and death as if this death is a couple bugs on the side of the road.'

Even her demeanor during this whole situation where she didn't utter a word. Not when the thugs threatened her, not when they drew their weapons, and even when everything around them was covered in blood, she just watched it. And given her simple gaze, the reason wasn't because of overwhelming fear.

"You're surprisingly calm, Evelyn."

"Hmm... really?"

Evelyn tilted her head slightly to the side, as if considering his words.

"In fact, I've seen drunken brawls of drunkards outside my house quite often. After their battles over an empty bottle of alcohol, their bodies resembled torn and wrung rags, and there was five times more blood around than there is now. At times, some of them even died from an accidental blow."

Her words were still calm, not betraying any emotion.

"It seems such things don't scare me anymore. Indeed, humans are beings of infinite will and adaptation..."

Her words were reasonable. Considering the neighborhood she lived in, seeing such things from time to time was not uncommon.

And yet... something was bugging him. No, actually, he knew what it was.

Ever since the encounter with those bandits, the same chain of thoughts and conclusions kept flashing through his mind, refusing to leave it.

'Could Evelyn...'

But he didn't want to believe it. Or rather, he had no reason to believe it.

'Yes, it's impossible.'

Rain shook his head. His kind, affectionate Evelyn couldn't be someone scary.

Suddenly a loved one you never even suspected turns out to be the mastermind behind the whole story, that manipulated your every move only to stab you in the back at the very end.

It was truly something that could only be seen on the dramatic stage of a theater, far from real life.

'Yeah, it can't be her.'

Of course, his confidence wasn't coming from her harmless nature.

In reality, he had checked her status a long time ago, back when he had first set foot in her house. And the conclusion was... Evelyn was clean.

Her status was no different from an ordinary woman devoid of cultivation.

The exact same status that could be seen on any person anywhere in the city. In bars, in casinos, in stores, on the wharf... one could find a dozen people exactly like her.

After looking through countless statuses on his first day in this world until his head began to split from the pain, Rain could tell exactly what.

In terms of status, Evelyn was no different from the thousands of other women walking around town.

A terrifyingly ravishing figure along the lines of 'Mistress' clearly had something different.

Of course he also couldn't blindly trust the eyes of the system... but from start to finish, Evelyn really hadn't done anything to deserve his suspicion. Not even a little bit.

And if she were really such a brilliant actress, she would have had no trouble portraying panic and fear like an ordinary woman now, rather than exposing herself in such an extraordinary way.

It seemed to be much deeper than that.

"Oh, cat, you came here."

The white cat that Evelyn had spotted at the very beginning and the very one that had brought them to this place appeared from a nearby nook.

Approaching Evelyn affectionately, the cat rubbed herself against her legs and Evelyn took her in her arms until she was soiled in the blood around her. Cradling her against her plump chest, Evelyn began to caress her fur.

'I feel paranoid, but...'

'Status.'

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[Cat]

[Name: Sisi]

[Cultivation: - - -]

[Talent: - - -]

[Bloodline: Backyard Cat - Level I (07%)]

[Condition: Hunger, Heat, Partner Search.]

__________________________

"..."

'I'm really going crazy.'

Shaking his head for the unknown time today, Rain flicked off the status panel of this cat – Sisi, to be precise – and turned to Evelyn.

"What are you going to do with her?"

"Mmm, I've already kept her long enough, so my luck is good. How about you hold her in your arms too?"

"...Yeah, let's feed her and do that."

"That's a great idea, Rain. She just seems really hungry as it is."

"Huh, really..."

Putting aside complex thoughts of thugs, 'Mistress' and the complexity of human relationships, he just went ahead.

...Or that's what he was going to do. Stopping suddenly, he glanced back.

All that awaited him there was chaos from the battle, cold blood and a dead body. Sighing, he turned around and walked back in that direction.

Despite his desires, there was still business to be done.

"Evelyn, go ahead, I'll catch up with you in a few moments. I want to pray for the repose of his soul."

Rain waved his hand lightly and Evelyn didn't argue, nodding.

"Good. Seems like if I linger here one more second, this lovely creature will seriously consider eating that severed hand over there, haha."

Smiling radiantly, she walked away, humming something to herself.

When she was completely out of his detection zone and he was alone, Rain pointed to the chaos of blood around him.

"Nari, can you clean that up?"

[Sure.]

Cleaning up her tracks wasn't just a good habit of the 'Mistress'. Rain also preferred to leave no trace behind him if possible.

And while it was a nasty job, it was a lot easier with the system. Not to mention it was than something that had to be done.

'As wise men say, no trail, no case.'

Causing an endless circle of bloody revenge because you once didn't bother to clean up after yourself was the stupidest decision. Although this Boss seemed lonely and once again lonely, whose death no one would worry about, at any moment his relatives could suddenly appear, or the secret lover that had loved him all these years but was afraid to admit it... or he could even turn out to be the illegitimate son of some honorable High Realm expert that had spent decades in seclusion and come out wanting to take revenge on his son's killer.

The options were endless.

And though it sounded like nonsense, somewhere deep inside Rain felt that if he didn't do it, fate would play this cruel trick on him.

"Erase him so that nothing is left, including his belongings. And clean the place up completely."

In any case, all of his items were of average quality at best and of no value to Rain. Even the axe with ritual magic on it wasn't so good, already on the verge of complete destruction.

[Whatever you say, Rain.]

As if by magic, in the next few moments the place did return to its pristine appearance. No blood, no corpse, no severed arm. Just the usual dirt scattered everywhere.

"Good work, Nari."

[The main thing to remember is that every intervention I make in this world requires Steal Points. This incident was nothing, but the more significant it is, the more Points will be spent].

Rain nodded at the system's thoughtful reminder. The small expenditure of Points didn't bother him as long as the case was done. He could always earn more anyway.

With that, he headed over to Evelyn.

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Warning!!! Do not read any further, the next piece of text is a complete repeat of the previous one!!!

I double-clicked while posting the chapter, which caused the text to be pasted twice. And according to Webnovel rules, I can't lower the word count of a chapter once it's published (i.e. delete that part).

I apologize for any inconveniences caused. And again, I sincerely apologize that the chapter cost more than usual. I will post two bonus chapters next week as a little compensation.

--- Your clumsy author, Allforones.

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Taking out a handmade lace handkerchief from her pocket, Evelyn carefully wiped his hands, which were bloody from the continuous encounter with the Boss's face.

"You should be more careful. A little more and you could hurt your hands."

"I'm not that fragile."

The bloodline of the Eternal Sky Dragon wouldn't allow his skin to be harmed by someone like them. And even if it did, wounds of this level, as long as they didn't carry deadly poison, posed no threat. There was no point in worrying about it.

'And yet, Evelyn is surprisingly calm in a situation like this. A woman who jumps up in fear at the mention of a cockroach just looks at this carnage and death as if this death is a couple bugs on the side of the road.'

Even her demeanor during this whole situation where she didn't utter a word. Not when the thugs threatened her, not when they drew their weapons, and even when everything around them was covered in blood, she just watched it. And given her simple gaze, the reason wasn't because of overwhelming fear.

"You're surprisingly calm, Evelyn."

"Hmm... really?"

Evelyn tilted her head slightly to the side, as if considering his words.

"In fact, I've seen drunken brawls of drunkards outside my house quite often. After their battles over an empty bottle of alcohol, their bodies resembled torn and wrung rags, and there was five times more blood around than there is now. At times, some of them even died from an accidental blow."

Her words were still calm, not betraying any emotion.

"It seems such things don't scare me anymore. Indeed, humans are beings of infinite will and adaptation..."

Her words were reasonable. Considering the neighborhood she lived in, seeing such things from time to time was not uncommon.

And yet... something was bugging him. No, actually, he knew what it was.

Ever since the encounter with those bandits, the same chain of thoughts and conclusions kept flashing through his mind, refusing to leave it.

'Could Evelyn...'

But he didn't want to believe it. Or rather, he had no reason to believe it.

'Yes, it's impossible.'

Rain shook his head. His kind, affectionate Evelyn couldn't be someone scary.

Suddenly a loved one you never even suspected turns out to be the mastermind behind the whole story, that manipulated your every move only to stab you in the back at the very end.

It was truly something that could only be seen on the dramatic stage of a theater, far from real life.

'Yeah, it can't be her.'

Of course, his confidence wasn't coming from her harmless nature.

In reality, he had checked her status a long time ago, back when he had first set foot in her house. And the conclusion was... Evelyn was clean.

Her status was no different from an ordinary woman devoid of cultivation.

The exact same status that could be seen on any person anywhere in the city. In bars, in casinos, in stores, on the wharf... one could find a dozen people exactly like her.

After looking through countless statuses on his first day in this world until his head began to split from the pain, Rain could tell exactly what.

In terms of status, Evelyn was no different from the thousands of other women walking around town.

A terrifyingly ravishing figure along the lines of 'Mistress' clearly had something different.

Of course he also couldn't blindly trust the eyes of the system... but from start to finish, Evelyn really hadn't done anything to deserve his suspicion. Not even a little bit.

And if she were really such a brilliant actress, she would have had no trouble portraying panic and fear like an ordinary woman now, rather than exposing herself in such an extraordinary way.

It seemed to be much deeper than that.

"Oh, cat, you came here."

The white cat that Evelyn had spotted at the very beginning and the very one that had brought them to this place appeared from a nearby nook.

Approaching Evelyn affectionately, the cat rubbed herself against her legs and Evelyn took her in her arms until she was soiled in the blood around her. Cradling her against her plump chest, Evelyn began to caress her fur.

'I feel paranoid, but...'

'Status.'

__________________________

[Cat]

[Name: Sisi]

[Cultivation: - - -]

[Talent: - - -]

[Bloodline: Backyard Cat - Level I (07%)]

[Condition: Hunger, Heat, Partner Search.]

__________________________

"..."

'I'm really going crazy.'

Shaking his head for the unknown time today, Rain flicked off the status panel of this cat – Sisi, to be precise – and turned to Evelyn.

"What are you going to do with her?"

"Mmm, I've already kept her long enough, so my luck is good. How about you hold her in your arms too?"

"...Yeah, let's feed her and do that."

"That's a great idea, Rain. She just seems really hungry as it is."

"Huh, really..."

Putting aside complex thoughts of thugs, 'Mistress' and the complexity of human relationships, he just went ahead.

...Or that's what he was going to do. Stopping suddenly, he glanced back.

All that awaited him there was chaos from the battle, cold blood and a dead body. Sighing, he turned around and walked back in that direction.

Despite his desires, there was still business to be done.

"Evelyn, go ahead, I'll catch up with you in a few moments. I want to pray for the repose of his soul."

Rain waved his hand lightly and Evelyn didn't argue, nodding.

"Good. Seems like if I linger here one more second, this lovely creature will seriously consider eating that severed hand over there, haha."

Smiling radiantly, she walked away, humming something to herself.

When she was completely out of his detection zone and he was alone, Rain pointed to the chaos of blood around him.

"Nari, can you clean that up?"

[Sure.]

Cleaning up her tracks wasn't just a good habit of the 'Mistress'. Rain also preferred to leave no trace behind him if possible.

And while it was a nasty job, it was a lot easier with the system. Not to mention it was than something that had to be done.

'As wise men say, no trail, no case.'

Causing an endless circle of bloody revenge because you once didn't bother to clean up after yourself was the stupidest decision. Although this Boss seemed lonely and once again lonely, whose death no one would worry about, at any moment his relatives could suddenly appear, or the secret lover that had loved him all these years but was afraid to admit it... or he could even turn out to be the illegitimate son of some honorable High Realm expert that had spent decades in seclusion and come out wanting to take revenge on his killer.

The options were endless.

And though it sounded like nonsense, somewhere deep inside Rain felt that if he didn't do it, fate would play this cruel trick on him.

"Erase him so that nothing is left, including his belongings. And clean the place up completely."

In any case, all of his items were of average quality at best and of no value to Rain. Even the axe with ritual magic on it wasn't so good, already on the verge of complete destruction.

And while it was a nasty job, it was a lot easier with the system. Not to mention it was than something that had to be done.

'As wise men say, no trail, no case.'

Causing an endless circle of bloody revenge because you once didn't bother to clean up after yourself was the stupidest decision. Although this Boss seemed lonely and once again lonely, whose death no one would worry about, at any moment his relatives could suddenly appear, or the secret lover that had loved him all these years but was afraid to admit it... or he could even turn out to be the illegitimate son of some honorable High Realm expert that had spent decades in seclusion and come out wanting to take revenge on his killer.

The options were endless.

And though it sounded like nonsense, somewhere deep inside Rain felt that if he didn't do it, fate would play this cruel trick on him.

"Erase him so that nothing is left, including his belongings. And clean the place up completely."

In any case, all of his items were of average quality at best and of no value to Rain. Even the axe with ritual magic on it wasn't so good, already on the verge of complete destruction.

[Whatever you say, Rain.]

As if by magic, in the next few moments the place did return to its pristine appearance. No blood, no corpse, no severed arm. Just the usual dirt scattered everywhere.

"Good work, Nari."

[The main thing to remember is that every intervention I make in this world requires Steal Points. This incident was nothing, but the more substantial it is, the more Points will be spent].

Rain nodded at the system's thoughtful reminder. The small expenditure of Points didn't bother him as long as the case was done. He could always earn more anyway.

With that, he headed over to Evelyn.